Herren dømmer de onde og hjælper de undertrykte
1Til korlederen: Synges til melodien „En søns død.” En sang af David.
2Jeg vil prise dig, Herre, af hele mit hjerte,
fortælle om dine undere dag efter dag.
3Jeg fryder mig over dig og synger lovsange til dig,
for du er den almægtige Gud.
4Mine fjender vendte om og flygtede,
du jog dem på flugt og fældede dem.
5Du skaffede mig oprejsning
og afsagde en retfærdig dom.
6Du gik i rette med folkeslagene,
du udryddede de onde mennesker,
så deres navne er glemt for altid.
7Mine fjender blev fuldstændig knust,
deres byer blev lagt i ruiner,
man husker dem ikke mere.
8Herren regerer i evighed,
han sidder som dommer på sin trone.
9Han er fair, når han dømmer folkene,
han regerer verden med retfærdighed.
10De undertrykte søger tilflugt hos Herren,
han hjælper dem i modgang og trængsel.
11De, som kender dig, Herre, stoler på dig,
du skuffer ikke dem, der søger din hjælp.
12Syng af fryd for Herren, som troner på Zion,
lad verden høre om hans store undere.
13Han husker og hævner uret og drab,
han glemmer ikke de svages råb.
14Vær mig nådig, Herre,
for mine fjender er ude efter mig.
Herre, riv mig ud af dødens gab.
15Så vil jeg prise dig på Jerusalems torve,
og fryde mig over, at du frelste mig.
16Fjenderne ender i deres egen faldgrube,
de bliver fanget i deres egne fælder.
17Herren er kendt for sin retfærdighed,
de onde indfanges af deres egen ondskab.
18De ugudelige ender i den evige død,
det gælder alle, som gør oprør mod Gud.
19Men de ydmyge bliver ikke ladt i stikken,
de undertryktes håb bliver ikke gjort til skamme.
20Herre, lad ikke de onde sejre,
men udmål den straf, de fortjener.
21Lad dem frygte og bæve,
så de indser, at de kun er mennesker.
Psalm 9Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.
1I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
3My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4For you have upheld my right and my cause,
sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;
even the memory of them has perished.
7The Lord reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
8He rules the world in righteousness
and judges the peoples with equity.
9The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
11Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim among the nations what he has done.
12For he who avenges blood remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.
13Lord, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
14that I may declare your praises
in the gates of Daughter Zion,
and there rejoice in your salvation.
15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.
17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,
all the nations that forget God.
18But God will never forget the needy;
the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
19Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
20Strike them with terror, Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.
